$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight C Entries: 344
Cards are in the air for Flight C of Poker Showdown Event 1 with 344 entries at the start of play. That puts the combined total at 1,589 for the tournament and the prize pool is up to $823,225.
Registration will remain open until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm and we expect the 480 unique player cap to be close before then.
$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
We kicked off the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown yesterday with two big flights of Event 1 and the combined 1,245 entries pushed the prize pool over the $500,000 guarantee. That great start means the tournament is only another 660 from pushing the prize pool past $1,000,000.
It will be close to getting there in Flight C but it’s a lock to get there before the end of registration in Flight D. It’s going to be a fun day in the Seminole Ballroom.
Players will start with 20,000 deep stacks and Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration and a single re-entry are available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm. The field will cap today at 480 unique players so it’s suggested to get here early,
They will continue playing down until the field reaches 12.5% and those players will advance to Day 2 on Sunday already in money.
Cards go in the air at 10 am and we will have all the action throughout the day.
Primary Event Schedule
10AM: Event 1 Day 1C – $600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
12PM: Event 3 – $400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)
6PM: Event 1 Day 1D – $600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
9AM: Event 39 – $140 Turbo Satellite (1-in-5)
3PM: Event 40 – $750 Multi-Event Satellite (1-in-10)
9PM: Event 41 – $200 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 157 of 1,245
Flight A: 625 Entries; 79 Advanced
Flight B: 620 Entries; 78 Advanced
Flight C: Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight D: Friday at 6 p.m.
Flight E: Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight F: Saturday at 6 p.m.
Day 2: Sunday at 2 p.m.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick | Pupillo | 464,000 |
| 1 | Seth | Medoff | 464,000 |
| 3 | Raffaello | Locatelli | 413,000 |
| 4 | Jill | Bryant | 398,000 |
| 5 | William | Blais | 378,000 |
| 6 | Joel | Gola | 369,000 |
| 7 | Rodrigo | Sardi | 355,000 |
| 8 | Ronald | Prochak | 347,000 |
| 9 | Fernando | Rodriguez Vazquez | 340,000 |
| 10 | Valery | Litvak | 319,000 |
| 11 | Ory | Hen | 315,000 |
| 12 | Aleksandr | Denisov | 312,000 |
| 13 | Jake | Schwartz | 308,000 |
| 14 | Ira | Schwartz | 305,000 |
| 15 | Jordan | Helms | 303,000 |
| 16 | Juraj | Sosovicka | 291,000 |
| 17 | Marc | Duquette | 291,000 |
| 18 | Brandon | Virgilio | 291,000 |
| 19 | Lou | Ojeda | 288,000 |
| 20 | Hassan | El Hakim | 283,000 |
| 21 | Kevin | Mcgillicuddy | 280,000 |
| 22 | Ashley | Hine | 278,000 |
| 23 | Victor | Carrera | 276,000 |
| 24 | Sebastian | De Narvaez | 276,000 |
| 25 | Antonio | Justiniano Santos | 275,000 |
| 26 | Randy | Larkin | 272,000 |
| 27 | David | Nathaniel Jr | 270,000 |
| 28 | Michael | Johnson | 266,000 |
| 29 | Jose | Montes | 257,000 |
| 30 | Fernando | Anzoategui | 256,000 |
| 31 | Kevin | Ho | 252,000 |
| 32 | Jason | Block | 251,000 |
| 33 | Sean | O'Brien | 249,000 |
| 34 | Eric | Tankanow | 240,000 |
| 35 | Elcin | Cangir | 238,000 |
| 36 | Ronnie | George | 230,000 |
| 37 | Antonino | Loverso | 227,000 |
| 38 | Michael | McFadden | 226,000 |
| 39 | Jacob | Stein | 203,000 |
| 40 | Zhen | Cai | 199,000 |
| 41 | David | Ormsbee | 198,000 |
| 42 | Rey | Lee | 197,000 |
| 43 | Matthew | Lessor | 194,000 |
| 44 | Keith | Romanovitz | 193,000 |
| 45 | Dario | Pistalo | 191,000 |
| 46 | Alberto | Sabogali | 191,000 |
| 47 | William | Rincon | 191,000 |
| 48 | Jay | Convente | 183,000 |
| 49 | Jesse | Fujarczyk | 177,000 |
| 50 | James | Rubinski | 174,000 |
| 51 | Joel | Velez | 172,000 |
| 52 | Manuel | Soltero Luna | 172,000 |
| 53 | Joseph | Durso W | 171,000 |
| 54 | Jason | Walker | 170,000 |
| 55 | Fikret | Kovac | 169,000 |
| 56 | Michael | Wang | 168,000 |
| 57 | Robert | Dukes | 168,000 |
| 58 | Richard | De Carvalho Saunders | 165,000 |
| 59 | Lachezar | Petkov | 164,000 |
| 60 | Robert | Cox | 163,000 |
| 61 | Alejandro | Suarez | 162,000 |
| 62 | Timothy | Hart | 161,000 |
| 63 | Shaun | Gillian | 160,000 |
| 64 | Frederic | Normand | 158,000 |
| 65 | Jonathan | Ounjian | 157,000 |
| 66 | Kevin | Rodriguez | 155,000 |
| 67 | Juan | Endara | 155,000 |
| 68 | Michial | Drake | 154,000 |
| 69 | Anthony | Valiente | 153,000 |
| 70 | Devond | Marshall | 152,000 |
| 71 | David | Moreno | 151,000 |
| 72 | William | Ferro | 151,000 |
| 73 | Michael | Mayo | 150,000 |
| 74 | Christopher | Grove | 149,000 |
| 75 | Joseph | Jordan | 148,000 |
| 76 | Michael | Graffeo | 148,000 |
| 77 | Steven | Queen | 146,000 |
| 78 | Engelberth | Varela Moreno | 143,000 |
| 79 | Santana | Noronha | 140,000 |
| 80 | Randal | Fernandez | 137,000 |
| 81 | Stephen | Vecchio | 134,000 |
| 82 | Mitchell | Mantin | 134,000 |
| 83 | Gary | Herstein | 132,000 |
| 84 | David | Moon | 131,000 |
| 85 | Aaron | Czaja | 130,000 |
| 86 | Philip | Woerner | 128,000 |
| 87 | Scott | Craig | 128,000 |
| 88 | Michael | Clements | 127,000 |
| 89 | Andrew | Cooper | 124,000 |
| 90 | Steven | Steinmetz | 123,000 |
| 91 | Michael | Cole | 122,000 |
| 92 | Kareem | Marshall | 119,000 |
| 93 | David | Oshry | 119,000 |
| 94 | Steven | Langert | 118,000 |
| 95 | Aaron | Rosenthal | 116,000 |
| 96 | Robert | Hadnott | 116,000 |
| 97 | Orlando | Serrano | 116,000 |
| 98 | Clifford | Mermell | 115,000 |
| 99 | Eric | Knopp | 108,000 |
| 100 | Matthew | Stout | 108,000 |
| 101 | Albert | Eskenazi | 107,000 |
| 102 | Carlin | Cook | 105,000 |
| 103 | Waref | Assaf | 105,000 |
| 104 | James | Sebastiano | 102,000 |
| 105 | Juliet | Hegedus | 102,000 |
| 106 | Jeff | Kessler | 101,000 |
| 107 | Johnny | Tan | 99,000 |
| 108 | Yossi | Ben Kessous | 99,000 |
| 109 | Jacqueline | Miller | 98,000 |
| 110 | Gregory | Goater | 98,000 |
| 111 | Carter | Brock | 96,000 |
| 112 | Steven | Siegel | 94,000 |
| 113 | Christopher | Mcnally | 91,000 |
| 114 | Gary | Mentro | 91,000 |
| 115 | Nickola | Nechovski | 91,000 |
| 116 | Dorian | Rios | 90,000 |
| 117 | Justyn | Melendez | 87,000 |
| 118 | Rafael | Rodriguez Arango | 87,000 |
| 119 | Jason | Rogers | 87,000 |
| 120 | Jeffrey | Silverstein | 84,000 |
| 121 | Thomas | Knepp | 82,000 |
| 122 | Michael | Huguenot | 82,000 |
| 123 | William | Underdown | 79,000 |
| 124 | Zachary | Gutierrez | 79,000 |
| 125 | Robert | Georato | 76,000 |
| 126 | Michael | Groover | 76,000 |
| 127 | Timothy | Miles | 74,000 |
| 128 | Mario | De La Puente | 73,000 |
| 129 | Travis | Cathey | 70,000 |
| 130 | Kevin | Klueh | 70,000 |
| 131 | Sung | Kim | 70,000 |
| 132 | Robert | Transue | 69,000 |
| 133 | Aaron | Massey | 69,000 |
| 134 | Frank | Muir | 67,000 |
| 135 | Nolan | Hanessian | 63,000 |
| 136 | Brennan | Benglis | 59,000 |
| 137 | Nadya | Magnus | 59,000 |
| 138 | Eric | Siegel | 58,000 |
| 139 | Alfredo | Guevara | 57,000 |
| 140 | Karsten | Bauer | 57,000 |
| 141 | David | Smith | 56,000 |
| 142 | Joshua | Johnson | 56,000 |
| 143 | Philippe | Souki | 54,000 |
| 144 | Drew | O'Connell | 54,000 |
| 145 | Mark | Rakoff | 54,000 |
| 146 | James | Crist | 52,000 |
| 147 | Jeffrey | Tomlinson | 52,000 |
| 148 | Yamac | Akgun | 51,000 |
| 149 | Byron | Granger | 50,000 |
| 150 | Shaundra | Seay | 49,000 |
| 151 | Dan | Kuntzman | 43,000 |
| 152 | David | Seager | 38,000 |
| 153 | Basil | Mathura | 36,000 |
| 154 | Vasyl | Chubei | 34,000 |
| 155 | Stanley | Williams | 29,000 |
| 156 | Vladimir | Grechnikov | 29,000 |
| 157 | Bret | Beebe | 8,000 |
$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 620
| Day/Time | Flight | Entries | Advanced |
| Thursday at 10 a.m. | A | 625 | 79 |
| Thursday at 6 p.m. | B | 620 | TBD |
| Friday at 10 a.m. | C | — | — |
| Friday at 6 p.m. | D | — | — |
| Saturday at 10 a.m. | E | — | — |
| Saturday at 6 p.m. | F | — | — |
| Total | 1,245 | 79 |
Flight B of Event 1 drew 620 entries, bringing the total field size to 1,245 entries and the current prize pool to $653,625.
The Flight B field will reach the money when 78 players remain. Players must make Day 2 in order to cash.
$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Entries: 591
Scott Blackman – 110,000 (220 bb)
Aaron Massey – 63,000 (126 bb)
John Dollinger – 54,000 (108 bb)
Cory Zeidman – 52,000 (104 bb)
Michael Johnson – 47,000 (94 bb)
Robert Transue – 43,000 (86 bb)
Aldring Gomez – 28,000 (56 bb)
Jessica Dawley – 25,000 (50 bb)
Matt Stout – 24,000 (48 bb)
Jonathan Marcu – 21,000 (42 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 19,000 (38 bb)
Sean Shah – 18,000 (36 bb)
Vinny Pahuja – 16,500 (33 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre – 16,000 (32 bb)
Scott Baumstein – 14,000 (28 bb)
Mike Beasley – 11,000 (22 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza – 9,000 (18 bb)
$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 79 of 625
Flight A: 625 Entries; 79 Advanced
Flight B: Underway
Flight C: Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight D: Friday at 6 p.m.
Flight E: Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight F: Saturday at 6 p.m.
Day 2: Sunday at 2 p.m.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick | Pupillo | 464,000 |
| 1 | Seth | Medoff | 464,000 |
| 3 | Raffaello | Locatelli | 413,000 |
| 4 | Ronald | Prochak | 347,000 |
| 5 | Ory | Hen | 315,000 |
| 6 | Jake | Schwartz | 308,000 |
| 7 | Juraj | Sosovicka | 291,000 |
| 8 | Marc | Duquette | 291,000 |
| 9 | Hassan | El Hakim | 283,000 |
| 10 | Ashley | Hine | 278,000 |
| 11 | Antonio | Justiniano Santos | 275,000 |
| 12 | Randy | Larkin | 272,000 |
| 13 | David | Nathaniel Jr | 270,000 |
| 14 | Fernando | Anzoategui | 256,000 |
| 15 | Sean | O'Brien | 249,000 |
| 16 | Eric | Tankanow | 240,000 |
| 17 | Cangir | Elcin | 238,000 |
| 18 | Ronnie | George | 230,000 |
| 19 | Antonino | Loverso | 227,000 |
| 20 | Jacob | Stein | 203,000 |
| 21 | David | Ormsbee | 198,000 |
| 22 | Keith | Romanovitz | 193,000 |
| 23 | Dario | Pistalo | 191,000 |
| 24 | Jay | Convente | 183,000 |
| 25 | Jesse | Fujarczyk | 177,000 |
| 26 | Joel | Velez | 172,000 |
| 27 | Joseph | Durso | 171,000 |
| 28 | Fikret | Kovac | 169,000 |
| 29 | Michael | Wang | 168,000 |
| 30 | Richard | De Carvalho Saunders | 165,000 |
| 31 | Timothy | Hart | 161,000 |
| 32 | Shaun | Gillian | 160,000 |
| 33 | Jonathan | Ounjian | 157,000 |
| 34 | Kevin | Rodriguez | 155,000 |
| 35 | Michial | Drake | 154,000 |
| 36 | David | Moreno | 151,000 |
| 37 | Christopher | Grove | 149,000 |
| 38 | Joseph | Jordan | 148,000 |
| 39 | Steven | Queen | 146,000 |
| 40 | Stephen | Vecchio | 134,000 |
| 41 | Mitchell | Mantin | 134,000 |
| 42 | David | Moon | 131,000 |
| 43 | Aaron | Czaja | 130,000 |
| 44 | Philip | Woerner | 128,000 |
| 45 | Kareem | Marshall | 119,000 |
| 46 | Steven | Langert | 118,000 |
| 47 | Aaron | Rosenthal | 116,000 |
| 48 | Robert | Hadnott | 116,000 |
| 49 | Clifford | Mermell | 115,000 |
| 50 | Carlin | Cook | 105,000 |
| 51 | James | Sebastiano | 102,000 |
| 52 | Juliet | Hegedus | 102,000 |
| 53 | Jeff | Kessler | 101,000 |
| 54 | Johnny | Tan | 99,000 |
| 55 | Yossi | Ben Kessous | 99,000 |
| 56 | Jacqueline | Miller | 98,000 |
| 57 | Gregory | Goater | 98,000 |
| 58 | Carter | Brock | 96,000 |
| 59 | Christopher | Mcnally | 91,000 |
| 60 | Gary | Mentro | 91,000 |
| 61 | Justyn | Melendez | 87,000 |
| 62 | Rafael | Rodriguez Arango | 87,000 |
| 63 | Jeffrey | Silverstein | 84,000 |
| 64 | William | Underdown | 79,000 |
| 65 | Robert | Georato | 76,000 |
| 66 | Timothy | Miles | 74,000 |
| 67 | Travis | Cathey | 70,000 |
| 68 | Nolan | Hanessian | 63,000 |
| 69 | Brennan | Benglis | 59,000 |
| 70 | Nadya | Magnus | 59,000 |
| 71 | Eric | Siegel | 58,000 |
| 72 | Alfredo | Guevara | 57,000 |
| 73 | Philippe | Souki | 54,000 |
| 74 | James | Crist | 52,000 |
| 75 | Yamac | Akgun | 51,000 |
| 76 | Byron | Granger | 50,000 |
| 77 | Basil | Mathura | 36,000 |
| 78 | Vasyl | Chubei | 34,000 |
| 79 | Bret | Beebe | 8,000 |
$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 79 of 625
Flight A of the opening event of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown drew 625 entries. After just more than 15 levels of play, 79 players survived and secured a cash.
As a reminder, players must make Day 2 (to be played on Sunday at 2 p.m.) in order to reach the money.
Seth Medoff (pictured above) and Nick Pupillo (pictured below) each finished the day with 464,000 and share the top spot on the leader board.
Complete Flight A chip counts will be posted later tonight.
$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 79 of 625
Flight A went into hand-for-hand mode with exactly 10 tables remaining and it took a little while to make the money.
Other than a jacks-versus-jacks hand with Ory Hen, no one was at risk until the sixth hand and then we had three at once. The first two runouts produced double ups while Table 44 was only waiting to show some cards.
It was a multi-way pot with the big blind all in preflop and the live players checked down the 
board until Ronnie George bet out to isolate and he was good with 
for the rivered straight. The short stacked big blind showed 
and was eliminated to put the rest of them in the money.
Ronnie George – 230,000
$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight B Entries: 340 (Total: 965)
The second flight of Event 1 is underway and the $500,000 guarantee is already in the rearview mirror. Only 328 new entries were needed to surpass the mark and we have 340 in the game already.
They start with 20,000 deep stacks and play 30-minute levels on Day 1, increasing to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm and players are limited to a single re-entry option if they bust out. The field will be capped at 480 unique players so get here soon.
They will continue playing into the evening until 12.5% of the field remains for a Day 2 return already in the money.